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MOOREHEAID & ELLIOTT.

Feather Renovator.

Patented April 21; 1868.

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JAMES C. MOOREIZIEAD A-ND WILLIAM ELLIOTT, OF NEW MADRID,

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I Letters Patent a. 77,075, dated Apt; 21, 1868;

IMPROVEMENT IN FEATHER-RENQVATOR.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that we, JAMES C. MOOREHEAD and WILLIAM W. ELLIorT,'of thecity and county of New Madrid, and State of Missouri, have invented anew and improved Feather'Renovator; and we do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the constructionand operation of the same, reference bc'ing had to the annexed drawings,making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is an end View,a portion ofthe wall having been broken away.

.Figure 2 is an axial section of the cylinder.

Figure 3 is a cross-section of thesame.

' Figure 4 is a cross-section of the steam-boiler.

In this invention two boilers are employed,.one containing purewater,.-and the other containing certain chemicals in solution. Thesteam from these boilers is'carried in separate pipes to the cylinder,where the jets are united and discharged among the feathers. The latterare beaten and shaken, while under the action of the steam, untilthoroughly cleansed. I 4 l In the drawings, A represents a sheet-ironstove, about eighteen inches in width, twenty-one in height,andtwenty-four in length, and provided with two transverse rods, a a, seveninches fromthc top, to support-the steamsboile r, B. I l

The latter is about seventeen inches in diameter and twenty-four inheight, and is divided into two parts,- band 6', by a transversepartition, four and ahalf inches from its upper end. Several flues, U 0,pass through the part-b, beihg open at botheuds, and allowing the smoke,heat, &c., to pass from the fire in the stove to the chamber 6, andthence to the open air, through the smoke-flue E.

Dis a cylindrical tin boiler, about eight inches in diameter and nine inheight, which sits in the top of the boiler B, as seen in fig-:1,receiving heat from the hot air, 850., passing through the chamber 6.The lower' boiler is for the purpose of generating steam from purewater, and the upper oneis for the purpose of generating steam from asolution of chemicals. Both boilers are provided with feed-pipes, ff,and with steam-pipes, G G, through which the steam from each is carriedto the feathers. v

I is a horizontal cylinder, about eight feet long and twenty-eightinches in diameter, its periphery being composed of staves or slats ofwood, it, slightly separated, so that the dirt and steam campass outbetween them. The cylinder is hung upon a tubular reyolving axleo'rshaft, J, with which both steam-pipesconnectms shown at g. Two or morebent pipes, K K, extend from near one end of the shaft, within thecylinder, out towards the perimeter of the latter, then back to theopposite end of the cylinder to which they are attached, as shown at isk. Each of these pipes isperforated alongits outer side, as seen at m m,and is provided with a series of slide-valves, o 0, connected by a rod,11, the-end of which passes through one end of the cylinder, and forms ahandle by ivhich the valves can be adjusted, some to admit any requiredamount of steam to the featherst The ends of these pipes are closed, butare provided with stop-cocks, r r, to permit the condensed steam toescape. p

The method of operating this machine is as follows: We till thesteam-boiler .B with the proper quantity of water, then place in thechemical-boiler D two gallons of pure water, one-fourth ounce chlorideof lime, onefourth ounce nitrate of potassa, one-fourth ounce cream oftartar, the latter having'been dissolved in one pint of warm water. Webring the liquids in both vessels to a boil, and commingle their steamin the shaft'J, asabovc' dcsc'ribed,'the valves 0 o being closed. Wethen empty the feathers into the cy linder,-by"means of a door, P, inthe perimeter of the latter, set the cylinder in motion, and open thevalves 0 o, letting on the steam, which moistens the feathers while thecylinder revolves When they have been subjected to this actiontwenty-five minutes, we close the'valves o 0, and keep the'cylinder inmotion about half an hour, which thoroughly dries the feathers, whenthey are removed from the cylinder, and are found to be'thoroughlycleansed and renovated.

Having thus described our inventicmwhat we claim as'new, and desireto-securo by Letters Patent, is

1. In a maehine for renovating feathers, we claim'the combinationefithe' water-boiler B with the chemical- .boiler-D and the pipes G G,for the purpose of generating, conveying, and uniting the two kinds ofsteam, preparatory to subjecting the feathers to their joint action. I

2. The cylinder I, when constructed of slats i z z, slightly separated,in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

3. The coznbination, within a revolving cylinder, of the tubularshaft Jwith the pipes K K, the latter being provided with valves 0 o a,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. The combination of the boilerstD D, pipes G G, eylinderl, shaft J,pipes K K, valves 0 0 o, and stopcoeks 1- r, subs antially as and forthe purpose set forth- 5. We claim the method of purifying andrenovating feathers, substantially as herein described.

The above specification of our invention signed by us, this 22d day ofFebruary, 1868.

' JAMES C. MOOREHEAD,

WILLIAM W. ELLIOTT.

Witnesses:

RIcnD H. HATCHER, B. F. BOYCE.

